Forest rock thrush

The forest rock thrush is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae, formerly placed in the Turdidae together with the other chats. It now includes Benson's [rock thrush] and Amber [Mountain rock thrush] as subspecies.
It is endemic to Madagascar. The type [locality (biology)|type locality] is the forests east of Ambatondrazaka, which in turn lies south of Lake Alaotra.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or [tropical moist lowland forest] and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.